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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
6
Belgium rebuilds after German occupation with rapid trade and industry gains. The nation recovered from wartime ruin by importing blooded stock from England, raising cattle herds toward prewar levels as prosperity returns.
Kid Gleason plans to use his big four pitchers Williams Chottle Faber and Wilkinson in rotation. Ed Miller joined by Gonnie Mack after Reading Internationals stint. Fred Wager signed by the Yankees after army service. New first basemen include Kelly Grimm Barber Fournier Paulette and others. Ernest Quigley ready for NL duties. rumor of James J Gallagher buying the Boston Braves. Virgil Barnes excels at Rochester eyeing a 1914 style win. Lou Fyfe loaned to Mint league to assist umpires. Horace Ford shows promise as a young infielder with Somerville roots.
Joe Jackson of the White Sox remains among the top batters in the American League. The article notes his aging but continued skill as a batter and provides a captioned photo showing his batting stance during a long drive.
A Massachusetts lad, a Somerville high school player then Potts College, joins Tufts as utility, shifts to third base and shortstop in later years. Scouts signed him last spring, played briefly for Manager Stallings, and this summer he began to hit stride as a contender for Braves third base, beating Boeckel for a standout game.
Australia adds speed talent R. R. Burguez who ran 100 yards in :099-10 at a Queensland track and field championship. He, tall with a rapid start, beat New South Wales champion W. W. Hunt by two yards.
Greek runner Peter Trigoulidas, a native Spartan, wins the Boston Marathon after eight years of trial and training. Arthur Holt, 1916 winner, finishes 200 yards back, in a steady display of endurance and athletic tradition dating to ancient Greece.
In morning NL play results, Philadelphia and Cincinnati clubs showed key batting and pitching lineups. Notable batteries included Mah and Mills, Grimes and Miller for New York, and Ponder with Meadows for St. Louis. Strong showings from Vaughn, Mamaux, and Killifer highlight the day’s action across multiple venues.
Morning games list batteries for teams including Washington and Philadelphia with players Myer O Neil and Picinich among others. Second game shows Boston against Philadelphia with Warper Karr and Schang, plus Perkins. Also notes St Louis vs Chicago with Satheries Van Gilder Davis and Billings in a 0 40 innings contest.
The Southern Wyoming Aircraft corporation purchased plane is due in Cheyenne today after changes at Curtiss-Stumphreys field in Denver. A Lincoln Standard aircraft also bound for Cheyenne is set to depart Salt Lake City today for a nonstop flight and is expected to arrive later.
Albany County Sheriff Decrge Trabing will escort John Cordillo to the state penitentiary at Rawlins to serve a fifteen to twenty year sentence for murdering Frank Jennings near Laramie on September 7, 1919. County Attorney George Patterson notified Trabing the duty falls to him, giving ten days from sentence for departure, with no departure date known as of yesterday.
Margaret MacDonald stars as The Biggest Cheat in the World in The Beauty Market at Amuse for the last time today. The production features a strong cast and a refined setting as it portrays the fight for honesty and love against society’s wealth driven pretense.
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen V Goldacker were held Monday at the Dumm funeral home and St Marys cathedral with Rev James A Hartman in charge. The church was filled with friends and interment was in Olivet cemetery family plot.
A brief forecast states showers on Tuesday morning in the extreme southeast, with warmer conditions expected Wednesday, especially in the West and north portions.
St Mark's parish forms a social club with dancing and cards planned for the first meeting next week. Tickets available from J H Stevens Jack Kenkel Clifford Hiner and Dr W K Mylar with Captain Edwards selling at Fort Russell. The second Tuesday of each month set as the regular date and Rexall One-Cent Sale and Plains Pharmacy events noted for June.
The peace treaty grants Great Britain a mandate over Palestine and pledges to make the Holy Land the Jewish homeland. American Zionist leaders Brandeis and Mack are highlighted as key figures guiding this effort.
Baseball mourns the death of Harry Sparrow longtime business manager of the Yankees who died recently from heart failure. Sparrow was a key booster and asset to the club and the sport in the region.
In the interest of Cheyenne, all residents are urged to hear Dr Divine at the First Baptist Church from June 2 to June 6.
In a midnights scandal setup Moore faces embarrassment in The Gay Lord Quex at the Atlas. He devises a plan that saves the woman and turns a foe into an ally, paving the way for his happiness. Sauce and Senoritas with Montgomery and Rock also screens.
LONDONDERRY N S May 84 the town suffered heavy property loss from a forest fire destroying 48 buildings including four churches a glebe house a rectory school and an auditorium forty of 250 families are homeless and losses reach 450000 New Waterford was saved by volunteers as flames ringed the town within half a mile of its outskirts
The Baptists of Cheyenne announce a six day series of addresses by Dr Divine at the First Baptist Church. The program aims to uplift the community and discuss welfare topics.
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